1961: The Beatles performed a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. That night they headlined a six-group Big Beat Session at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton in Wallasey.

1961: Meeting of Brian Epstein with Colin Borland and Beecher Stevens, both from Decca, to negotiate a recording contract, at their London office.

1961: Performances at noontime in the Cavern Club in Liverpool and in the evening at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton along with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Dale Roberts and the Jaywalkers, King Size Taylor and the Dominoes, Derry and the Seniors and Steve Day and the Drifters.

1962: 7.30pm-1.00am. Concert at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Dale Roberts and the Jaywalkers, Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes, Derry and the Seniors, Steve Day and the Drifters.

1963: The Beatles recorded an appearance on the UK TV comedy program The Morecambe and Wise Show. The Beatles played ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and also participated in a comedy sketch with Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. The program was broadcast on April 18, 1964.

1966: Brian Epstein announced that upcoming Sunday shows at his Saville Theatre would include performances by Billy Stewart, Chuck Berry, Edwin Starr and Garner Mimms, Lee Dorsey and the Impressions.

1968: US LP release: `Wonderwall Music'.

1969: John Lennon was selected as one of only three people to be featured and interviewed as `Man of the Decade'. The interview was filmed by ATV on December 2nd as John and Yoko walked the grounds of their Tittenhurst estate in Ascot, Berkshire. The footage was broadcast in Britain on December 30th 1969.

1961: Brian Epstein presented The Beatles with his management proposal during a meeting at NEMS. In spite of Paul’s late arrival and Brian’s unhappy reaction to the delay, this meeting certainly marked a reversal of fortunes for the band.3

1962: The Beatles gave a mimed performance of ”Love Me Do” on the Bristol TV show Discs a Go Go. Beatles Bible

1963: Performance: Guildhall, PortsmouthThe Autumn Tour continued with this show, which had been postponed from November 12th, due to Paul’s illness. Beatles Bible

1962: The Beatles made their London-area debut on television when they appeared in a live broadcast from Wembley on ‘Tuesday Rendezvous’, on ITV station Rediffusion. The Beatles performed live, doing lip-sync performances of ‘Love Me Do’ and 45 seconds of ‘P.S. I Love You.’

1961: The Beatles performance at noontime in the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

1965: The Beatles played their last ever show in their hometown of Liverpool when they appeared at The Liverpool Empire during the group's final UK tour. Only 5,100 tickets were available, but there were 40,000 applications for tickets. The group also had the UK No.1 single with 'We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper.'

2006: Beatles lyrics handwritten by Sir Paul McCartney to an early version of Maxwell's Silver Hammer sold for $192,000 (£97,000) at an auction in New York. A guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix fetched $168,000 (£85,000), a notebook containing lyrics written by Bob Marley, sold for $72,000 (£36,445) and a poem penned by Doors frontman Jim Morrison made $49,000 (£25,500) at the Christie's sale.

1963: The Beatles were a little busy this day. First they filmed “Juke Box Jury” from 2:30 to 3:15 PM at the Empire Theater in Liverpool. Then they performed a concert in the same venue for members of the Northern Area Fan Club from 3:45-4:30. Finally, they performed two shows at the Odeon Cinema as part of the Autumn Tour.

1967: The Beatles Apple boutique opened its doors at 94 Baker Street. The store closed seven months later when all the goods were given away free to passers by.

1968: The Beatles 'White Album' started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK chart.

1973: LP release: `Band on the Run'.

2005: The MBE medal that John Lennon returned to the Queen was found in a royal vault at St James' Palace. Lennon returned his medal in November, 1969 with a letter accompanying saying, "Your Majesty, I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts. With Love, John Lennon." Historians were calling for the medal to be put on public display.

1961: Brian writes to Ron White, from the EMI sales department, in a bid to get the Beatles an EMI recording contract. Brian has already sent him a copy of `My Bonnie'.

1961: Afternoon: the Beatles perform at the Cavern Club. Evening: show at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasay, backing up Davy Jones, a black singer from America who is living in the UK.

1962: 7.30pm-2.00am. Concert at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, as part of `The Davy Jones Show': Davy Jones, supported by the Beatles, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Remo Four, Earl Preston and the T.T.s.

1952: Brian Epstein began his National Service in December, possibly on this date.

1961: John had plenty of time to relax when the Beatles played a dance at the Palais Ballroom in Aldershot. Due to an advertising mix-up a reported 14 people showed up for the evening’s festivities. They then traveled on to London where they ran out of gas. The next day wasn't much better.3

“At the end of the first year of sweeping Beatlemania in Britain, the Fab Four gave an entertaining and enlightening interview to Dibbs Mather during a stop in Doncaster on December 10th 1963.

John Lennon displays his brutally-cool sense of humor, and also reads his poem 'The Neville Club' well-before the release of his first book. Lennon's collection poems and short stories 'In His Own Write' would not be published for another three months” http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/db1963.1210.beatles.html

1964: UK gold certification for `I Feel Fine'.

1965: Evening: two performances at the Hammersmith Odeon.

1969: John and Yoko announce a plan of producing a film called `A6' about a murder, revealing their intention to make public the case of James Hanratty.

1969: Odeon Theatre, Kensington, London. Royal charity world premiere of `The Magic Christian', with attendance of the royal family, Princess Margaret, John and Yoko, Ringo, Peter Sellers, George and Pattie. Before the screening, John and Yoko parade outside the cinema carrying placards declaring `Britain Murdered Hanratty'.

1980: March in memory of John in New York, from 23rd Street, walking down 5th Avenue, ending at the Dakota Building.

2007: A copy of John Lennon's book, A Spaniard in the Works, which contained a lock of Lennon's hair, sold at Gorringes Auction House for £24,000, ($48,000). Lennon gave the book and the hair to Betty Glasgow, the Fab Four's hairdresser during their heyday. He wrote in the book, "To Betty, Lots of Love and Hair, John Lennon xx." The strands of hair and book had been expected to sell for between £2,000 and £4,000.